2022-23 Bundesliga: 46,759 spectators on average per game on Matchday 8, a record since April 2019

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FC Bayern Munich supporters at the Allianz Arena (Munich, GER) on 30/09/2022 - ©  FC Bayern Munich

Matchday 8 of the 2022-23 Bundesliga season drew an average of 46,759 spectators per game, from Friday 30/09 to Sunday 02/10/2022. The average stadium fill rate was 90.1%. The last time attendance figures were this high in the German championship was in April 2019 (48,994 spectators per game, Matchday 29 of the 2018-19 season).

FC Bayern Munich - Bayer 04 Leverkusen (4-0) on Friday 30/09/2022 (kick-off at 20:30 CET) was the game that posted the best attendance with another sold-out match at the Allianz Arena (75,000 capacity).

The average attendance in the Bundesliga is 42,212 spectators per game after seven matchdays, for an average fill rate of 89.3%.

  • The 18 Bundesliga clubs posted an average of 21,038 spectators per game during the 2021-22 season, down 51.6% compared to the 2018-19 season (43,450 spectators) - the last to be played in its entirety without any crowd restrictions - and 48.5% compared to 2019-20 (40,880 spectators), a year in which the last nine matchdays were played behind closed doors due to Covid-19 (the 2020-21 season was played almost exclusively behind…
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FC Bayern Munich supporters at the Allianz Arena (Munich, GER) on 30/09/2022 - ©  FC Bayern Munich

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